PBS
Math with Jake: Ratios and Fractions
And the beat goes on. The installment of the Math at the Core: Ratios series introduces time signatures in music. A musician shows the relationship between different types of musical beats. Working in pairs, classmates create beat...
PBS
Real-Life Math — Production Scheduler
Use unit rates to find the number of parts needed to produce a given number of units. A production scheduler shares the different ways schedulers use math to ensure the required amount of parts are available to manufacture air...
PBS
Math with Jake: Transposition Using Ratios
The star of the show is ratios. The informative resource explains how to transpose music using ratios. Individuals transpose the song "Twinkle, Twinkle" in the activity by applying their ratio skills. The activity challenges class...
Indiana Department of Education
The Represented World: Communication—Packaging
Challenge your classes to design and market a new product. Collaborative groups use geometry skills to create packaging for their products. Finally, they plan a marketing strategy to present to a marketing specialist.
EngageNY
From Rates to Ratios
Look at rates from a general perspective. The 17th part of a 29-part series provides problems that help pupils develop more general ratios from given rates. Scholars determine unit rates and ratios that are associated with given rates....
EngageNY
Finding a Rate by Dividing Two Quantities
Develop the right station to solve rate word problems. The 18th lesson in a series of 29 starts by interpreting the aspects of rates with two different quantities. Pupils use the interpretation of rates to solve problems, and groups work...
Teach Engineering
Light Up Your Life
How do lighting types affect energy efficiency? Explore different types of lighting and the energy they use. Pupils learn about types of lights and calculate the energy used during a typical school year. They discover that being...
Curated OER
Candy Machine
Using the concept of a candy vending machine, young mathematicians explore the sugar ratios found in different types of candy. Using the provided information, class members calculate and compare different ratios in...
Curated OER
Performance-Based Assessment Practice Test (Grade 6 Math)
Keep track of your sixth graders' mastery of the Common Core math standards with this practice assessment. Taking a different approach than most standardized tests, this resource includes not only multiple choice questions, but also...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Rate
Zoe is reading books over vacation and wants to know at her current rate, how many will she finish by the end. Building on prior knowledge of fractions and ratios, young mathematicians learn how equivalent rates are used to answer her...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Rates - Practice 18.3
Rates per unit of time, unit rates, and the distance and lengths of trips are solved in this 18-question assignment. Neatly presented, these questions provide your middle school mathematicians practice with unit rate skills.
Noyce Foundation
Candy Fractions
While examining fractions and ratios, your leaners get to read about one of their favorite subjects: candy! There are four word problems on this worksheet. Learners consider situations in which "for every x caramels there are y...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Ratios 2
The randomly generated questions examine ratios. Students answer the multiple choice questions which include hints and solutions.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Ratios
The randomly generated questions explore ratio applications. Students answer the multiple choice questions which include hints and solutions.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Ratios and Rates
Learners assess their mathematics skills by answering these randomly generated multiple choice questions. Topics included are simplifying ratios, solving ratios, and rates.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Ratios 3
Learners assess their mathematics skills by answering these randomly generated multiple choice questions. Topics included are ratios in simplest form, ratio comparisons, and equivalent ratios.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Ratios and Proportional Relationships 6.rp.3c Worksheets
Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of ratio concepts, useage of ratio reasoning, and percentages.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Ratios
Explains the basic terminology and formatting of ratios, and demonstrates how to solve typical exercises.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: How to Determine a Ratio
This site explains the meaning of ratio and how to determine a ratio. Gives practice and games to practice this skill.
Other
Macomb Intermediate School District: Mathematics: Ratios and Rates [Pdf]
Activities for students that allow them to explore the concept of comparing ratios and unit rates using real-world scenarios.